Day 98: Saveh - Buin (92km) - Distance travelled so far 5,388km " 67km by bicycle 25km by cop car!!"
Pulling out of Saveh...Nice and warm again....Phew!!!!!!
Mike setting a fast pace....
That's a mighty fine moustache you've got there pilgrim!!!!!!!!!!
Factory in the middle of non-existance...
The winds have come and they have come with avengence....We have in the last couple of days tackled trojan headwinds with a healthy splash of rain thrown into the mix...."a cyclists nightmare'....
Guided by Police....(See below)
This was quite a precarious situation to find ourselves in....Think about this...we had targetted a town approx 70km away, which transpired to be nothing but a petrol station....There was a huge storm blowing which meant that cycling was next to impossible (8-9km p/hr)...Trucks were passing ridiculously close to us (nearly knocking us off our bikes)...so we were pretty much confined to wait for the trucks (cyclist killers!!!) to pass by before getting back on the bikes again....
Then the Police came...and insisted that we got to Buin (25km away) and out of the storm....We decided that since we had no food in our pannier bags, and that we were nowhere near "camp-like" ground, we take advantage of the kind gesture from the Police....
The Police then flagged down a small-sized truck for the bikes and escorted us straight into Buin....Nice!!!!!!
Baby on board..(On route to Buin)
Day 99: Buin - Takestan (86km) - Distance travelled so far 5,474km "The Sun is Shining (well sporadically anyway!!"
Brian just loves those swings!!!...play time cycling out of Buin
Are ya flying to Shannon by any chance?
Ohh Sailor!!!!!!!!
Candid
Mike acting pretty
Appears to be sunny....but they are in fact cold blue skies...Eeekk!!!!!!
Green grass is a welcome release from rocks and sand
Discussing ways to beat the winds....oh those damn headwinds!!!!
Cloud no.9?But can you name the artist who wrote that number?
Mike's machine....
Thaireland's complete rig thus far...
Check those curls!!!!
Day 100: Takestan - Zanjan(107km) - Distance travelled so far 5,581km " A pleasant roll into Zanjan"
Baaaa!!!!! "If that shepard expects me to eat this crap....I swear to God..Im leaving this stupid flock"
Brians bike posing
Spray painted chicks in a box..
Mike gets the chop...(We laughed for hours too!!!)
Mike with the cast of Gullivers Travels
Having some fun over dinner...(enjoy!!)
400 yr old vaulted restaurant...(pretty cool setting..food was only ok though)
Mike and Paul with Iranian bikes...
Whilst here in Zanjan, we met a good guy named Meidi, who took us to his local bike shop to try and get some spare tubes etc etc...Transpired that there were no bike tubes for us. We did however buy some new bike pumps though....
Mike mending the JVC back at his quarters....21:00 hrs
Knife stores are so common here in Zanjan...(That's not a knoife....this is a knife!!!")
Paul got two pairs of Iranian glasses off this cool guy named Behnam..
Nicely lit water feature in the centre of Zanjan....
